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Shell Oil Terminal Dedicated At Searsport, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

A live broadcast from the Shell Oil Terminal dedication in Searsport, Maine, October 17, 1951. Several representatives of the Shell Oil Company offer remarks, including Charles Tremble, William Ramsay and James Jordan. These representatives mention that events are a part of Oil Progress Week, and offer the slogan, "Petroleum Means Progress."

Maine Senator Owen Brewster was in attendance and was asked for comments on the oil industry and for his opinion on what some political observers had described as Taft's premature announcement of his candidacy for president.

Eddie Owen Interviews Captain John Pyre About Oil Tanker Explosion, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Broadcaster Eddie Owen interviews Captain John M. Pyre of Brewer about a 1951 explosion in Chelsea, Massachusetts of the oil tanker Harold Reinauer.

Memorial Program For United States Congressman Frank Fellows, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Bill Mincher narrates a program following the sudden passing of United States Representative Frank Fellows of Bangor, Maine. The program includes recorded comments of Robert Hale, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Governor Frederick G. Payne and excerpts of speeched by Frank Fellows. Aired at 7 p.m., August 27, 1951.

Millinocket, Maine 50th Anniversary 1901-1951, 50th Anniversary Committee (Millincocket, Me.)

Maine History Documents

Includes the text of a previous address by George W. Stearns on the history of the town through 1926 and a second essay, "The Second Twenty-Five Years, 1926-1951." Also includes several photographs, history of the Millinocket Mill, a letter to the citizens of Millinocket from Great Northern Paper Company President William O. McKay, lists of town officers, the school committee, and the Millinocket 50th Anniversary Committee members.